Fare-indicator.



PATENTED OCT. 22, 1907,

H. DNHLTBR. PARE INDICATOR.

APrLIcATxon rILnD APB. ze, 1907.

HEINRICH DxnLrn i PATENT OFFICE.

, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

FARE-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed April 26 1907. Serial No. 370,396.

To all tollem f/ lmay concern:

Be it known that; l, Hnixnion Dtixnmea, a subject of the King of Prussia, and a resident; of 5 Neue Jacobstrasse, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-indicators, of which the following an exact specification.

The present invention has for its object an iiiipiovenient in fare indicators, which consists in a universal joint t'or the junction of the fare indicating mechanism, with the road wheel of the vehicle, cap or the like fitted with a fare indicator.

As it is well known, the fare indicators are operated by a flexible shaft, one end of which is twisted by the road wheel ol the vehicle and this twist or torque is transmitted to the other end ol the flexible shalt so as to operate the mechanism of the fare indicatorA As known lare yindicators are rather complicated mechanisms and it is therefore ol great importance to have this device constructed in such manner as to permit ol their being mounted in he cap without the need of subsequent or additional alterations of the finished structure. Now, the caps and the like vehicles are ol very different structures and there are various places upon which the fare indicators are to be applied to the vehicles, so that often there is the necessityT of imparting to the flexible shaft at its end adjacent to the fare indicator acute flexures, thereby subjecting the shalt exceeding strains, when continuously operated. llitherto one has avoided this drawback by airanging an inte mediate member between the fare indicator and the abutting shaft end, tor insuring as lar as possible, a straight line junction between them. Stich provisions need an additional mechanism and are rather expensive.

A! cord'ing to the present invention an improvement is provided wh ich permits the fare indicator to be joined l.

to a flexible shaft without any additional mechanism, and furthermore the fare indicator, brought into a pei'- lectly finished condition in the factory, is enabled to be arranged at any convenient place on the vehicle without the said shalt end being subjected to any objectionable flexure. With this object in view the lare indicator is fitted with universal joint member, so that the flexible driving shaft is allowed to be joined to the lare indicator from any desired direction without there being the need of acute flexurcs of the shaft. ln some cases it may be possible to use even a solid shaft for transmitting the motion of the road vehicle to the fare indicator.

To make my invention clear, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which a convenient conf structional foiin of the mpiovement according to my invention is illust rated.

Figure-l is a side elevation of the universal joint, Fig. 2 is 'a vertical cross section on line A-B of the FigA l, Fig. 3 illustrates a detail ot' the improvement i in a vertical section on line CD ol the Fig'. 2, Fig. L/l illustrates diagraininatically in a side elevation dit'- ferent positions of the hinge joint. Fig. 5 illustrates i diagrammatically in a plan elevation different positions of the hinge joint.

Referring to Figs. l and 2 a is a base plate and a are i screw bolts for the purpose of securing'the fare indicator to the plate a. A clutch part, consisting of two legs or projections c c intended to engage with the fare j indicator mechanism, and a bearing plate ei mounted in a recess c" of the cylindrical part or pivot (l/ is connected with a vertical shalt U, passing through a central opening of the pivot (V, The latter is made integrally with the casing (l and supported in the hole of i the base plate a by a divided ring o engaging with an external annular groove of the pivot. A screw bolt o/ serves for attaching the ring o to the plate a, thus/enabling the pivot and the casing d respectively 'iotate round but not to move longitudinally. A spur wheel c2 is attached to the lower end ol the shalt cf, the latter being prevented from moving up and down by means of the setting screw o2 engaging with an annular groove i of the shaft c. ns to be seen from Fig. 2 the casing d is open at its l righthand side and adapted to be closed there by means l ot a cover e, projecting with its annular rim c into the interior of the covering d. f is a transverse shaft journaled at its one end to the casing d and carried at its other end by the cover C: A nut f screwed on the l projecting end of the shaft f prevents the shaft from l longitudinal movement and maintains the cover e in l its position. i 7L and h/ are two crown-wheels loosely mounted on the shaft j, the wheels li and Il. being in engagement with the spur wheels c2 and It" respectively. The spur i wheel lc/ is carried hy the vertical shaft k mounted in i a boring of the downwardly extending projection or lug of of the cover c. g is a connecting part secured to the shaft l; and serving for the junction of the afore- ,l mentioned flexible shaft to the fare indicator.

As to be seen from Figs. 2 and 3 the crown wheel h is provided with a horizontal projection or pin i'2 which engages with a hole or recess hi ot' the crown wheel lz. A spiral spring 'i is arranged between both the crown wheels lzy and 1i and presses against these wheels, thus causing them to remain in engagement with the spurwheels c2 and kf. respectively.

It may be observed therefrom that the wheels i and h are permitted to be easily changed in accordance with the special dimensions or diameters of the road wheels, because the fare indicator requires to be adapted to the circumferential velocity of the road wheels. l The operation of theforegoing described mechanism l will be obvious. The movement or twist of the flexible shaft is transmitted to the clutch part c by means of the shaft lc and the toothed wheels c, h2 and the toothed wheels h and c2, which latter rotates the shaft c For imparting the part g any desired direction and as indicated in the Figs. 4 and 5, the cover e has to be rotated around the horizontal shaft f, and the casing d has to be revolved around the vertical shaft c. During these movements the Spur Wheel c/ rolls off on the crown wheel h2 and the spur Wheel c2 rolls ofi on the crown wheel h, so that no hindrance is offered to the aforementioned movements.

Having thus fully described the nature of my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States isz- 1. A universal joint-connection for fare-indicators for vehicles, cabs and the like, comprising a casing adapted to be rotated around a vertical axis and a part adapted to be rotated around a horizontal axis and carried by the said casing, a shaft operated by the vehicle provided with the fare indicator', and means for transmitting the movement of the said shaft for the purpose as described.

2. A universal joint-connection for fare-indicators for vehicles, cabs and the like, comprising: a base plate (a) provided with an opening and carried by the vehicle a casing (d) open at its one side and mounted in the said opening of the base plate, a cover (e) provided with an annular rim and mounted therewith in the opening of the casing (ll), a flexible shaft operated by the vehicle and means for' transmitting the movement of the said shaft, for the purpose as described.

3. In`the hereindescribed universal-joint for fare indicators for vehicles, cabs and the like, in combination with a exible shaft operated by the vehicle, a base plate provided with a circular hole, a casing having a cylindrical part or pivot (d') arranged in said hole, a divided ring (o) for insuring' the position of the casing (d) in the base plate (a) and a clutch part for the purpose of transmitting the motion of the said exible shaft, for the purpose as described.

4. In the hereindescribed universal joint for fare-indicators for vehicles, cabs and the like, in combination with a flexible shaft operated by the vehicle, a casing (d) having a circular opening at its one side, a cover (e) having an annular rim adapted to close the said circular opening, and a cross shaft (f) for the purpose of connecting the cover (c) tothe casing (d), and means for transmittingl the motion of the said exible shaft.

5. A universal joint-connection for fare-indicators for vehicles, cabs and the like, comprising: a base plate (a) having a circular hole, a casing (d) open at its one side and provided with a cylindrical part or pivot, mounted with the latter in the said circular opening, a divided ring (o) engaging with the said pivot for holding the casing in its position, a clutch part (c, c3) intended to engage with the fare indicator and pivotally carried by the said casing, a vertical shaft (c) connected with the said clutch part and journaled in the casing, a spur wheel (c2) carried by the shaft (c), a cover (e) having an annular rim pivotally mounted therewith in the opening of the casing (d), a transverse shaft (f) carried by the casing (d)-and the cover (e) and serving for their connection, crown wheels (h h) carried by the transverse shaft, a spur-wheel (k) meshingl with the crown-wheel (h'), the crown-wheel (It) being in engagement with the spur-wheel (c2), and a shaft (k) journaled in the cover (c) and carrying the spur- Wheel (k).

6. In a universal joint-connection for fare-indicators, and in combination with the hereindescribed casing (d) and cover (e), a clutch part consisting of two legs or projections (c c) and bearing plate (c3) connected with the said legs and pivotally carried by the casing (d) a vertical shaft (c') attached to the plate (C3) and journaled in the casing (d), a transverse shaft (f) carried by the casing and the cover, a spur wheel (c2) and a crown wheel (7L) engaging with each other and carried by the shaft (0') and (f) respectively, a vertical shaft (k) journaled in the cover (e), a crown wheel (L) and a spur wheel (k) meshing with each other and mounted on the shafts (f and k) respectively, means for connecting the crown wheels (7L and/V) operatively with each other, a spiral spring (i) for holding the last mentioned wheels in their proper position, and a connecting part (g) attached to the-shaft (k).

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

HEINRICH DNHLTER.

Witnesses WOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HAsPnR. 

